Literary Companions, Book Reviews & Guides

The grasping social climber, the tiresome neighbour, the spirited heroine, the most unsuitable of suitors, and, of course, the perfect love match, ...

The Cambridge Companion to Postcolonial Travel Writing offers readers an insight into the scope and range of perspectives that one encounters in th...

With its penchant for dissecting rehearsed attitudes and subverting expectations, Flann O'Brien's writing displays an uncanny knack for comic doubl...

Why is the story of romance in books, magazines, and films still aimed at women rather than at men? Even after decades of feminism, traditional ide...

A reader's journey along the French Riviera, from Hyeres and Saint-Tropez to the Italian border, introducing the lives and work of writers who pass...